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Aaahhh.... The 70's... Many consider it as the best decade in the movies, especially when you are dealing with American cinema. I mean, nowadays, the big movies are somewhat entertaining but also very often kind of stupid ('Transformers', 'Pirates of the Carribean', 'Twilight',...). Back in the 70's, it was definitely a different kind of ball game. Back then, they really took the viewers seriously... read more

In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defence case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organisers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself.

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Notes: First of all, it is a great story and you would need a very bad director to mess it up. Still, we should give Alan J. Pakula some credit to make the plot realistic but also spellbinding to watch. Coming back to what I said before, if they would make this movie nowadays, there would be some chases, some shootings and, of course, one of those dreadfull twists at the end. Not here. Here, you really get to understand that the most part of the job was staying behind your desk, arguing with s"

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Notes: First of all, it is a great story and you would need a very bad director to mess it up. Still, we should give Alan J. Pakula some credit to make the plot realistic but also spellbinding to watch. Coming back to what I said before, if they would make this movie nowadays, there would be some chases, some shootings and, of course, one of those dreadfull twists at the end. Not here. Here, you really get to understand that the most part of the job was staying behind your desk, arguing with s"

"06.03.
Blu-ray, 1st viewing
DIRECTED BY Alan J. Pakula
More Films About Dickheads and Journalism. Good screenwriting combined with excellent actor direction turns a film filled with boring and mundane names, numbers and minutiae into a thrilling good time. The 1970s US paranoia is very tangible.
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Director: Alan J. Pakula
Starring: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards and Jane Alexander
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defence case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organisers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The edito"